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Certificate 15

Cast Johnny Depp Amber Heard Richard Jenkins Giovanni Ribisi Aaron Eckhart Michael Rispoli

Directors Bruce Robinson

Screenwriters Bruce Robinson

Running Time 119 minutes

The Rum Diary
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Plot
Journalist Paul Kemp (Depp) travels to Puerto Rico to write for the local newspaper, The San Juan Star. Immersing himself in the island’s rum-soaked lifestyle, he soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Heard), the fiancée of wily American entrepreneur Sanderson (Eckhart), a shady property developer. He recruits Kemp to write favourable things about his latest scheme, and it’s down to the journalist to take the money or the moral high ground...

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